A video released through the Taliban's media arm appears to show the moment Bowe Bergdahl, the US soldier who spent five years in captivity, is released.
Sgt Bergdahl, 28, looking relaxed with a blanket draped over his shoulders, is filmed in the back of a vehicle waiting for the handover. He is then brought out as a Black Hawk helicopter lands in a clearing.
Special forces soldiers stay at the aircraft as three men, not wearing uniforms, come forward to receive the prisoner, hugging Sgt Bergdahl. As he boards the aircraft one of the men can be seen frisking Sgt Bergdahl.
The operation is all over in 10 carefully choreographed seconds and is carried out under the watch of militants, armed with rocket propelled grenades.

A few things seem questionable.
He looks to be crying, or at least blinking a lot, as if holding back tears? Perhaps he is going to miss his friends. He does not look as deathly ill as the White House made him out to be.

Pissed off that this scumbag was traded for the release of 5 Taliban prisoners that pose an extreme-risk to security. Not worth the exchange. He deserted his unit over there and deserved to be left over there.